Three Star Dou Zhe, Unlocking Memories

With this Emperor Flame Seed, it would become much easier for Xiao Yan to devour Heavenly Flames in the future.

At the same time, with the Flame God Mantra driving it, the power unleashed by this wisp of Bone Chilling Flame in Xiao Yan's hands would not be much weaker than Yao Lao's Bone Chilling Flame.

Of course, the amount of Dou Qi Xiao Yan currently possessed meant that he could not yet use the Bone Chilling Flame as recklessly as Yao Lao did.

But with this trump card, even if he encountered a Dou Ling expert, Xiao Yan could take down one or two of them with a surprise attack.

"Now that my Emperor Flame Seed has been refined, it is time to break through to the Dou Zhe realm!"

A faint smile appeared on Xiao Yan's lips. In the next moment, the wisp of Bone Chilling Flame he had refined into a Source Fire Seed was easily directed by him, catalyzed by Dou Qi into strands of Bone Chilling Flame.

Under Xiao Yan's effortless control, the Bone Chilling Flame burrowed into every part of his meridians, quickly refining the residual energy of the Lesser Earth Spirit Pill within them. It was then transformed into pure Dou Qi before finally gathering in Xiao Yan's dantian.

Breaking through from the Dou Qi stage to Dou Zhe was, in essence, the process of gathering the scattered Dou Qi in one's body into a Dou Qi vortex capable of rotating on its own.

From then on, the Dou Qi vortex would circulate on its own, condensing scattered strands of Dou Qi into streams, allowing a Dou Zhe's Dou Qi reserves and endurance to vastly surpass those of the Dou Qi stage.

The reason so many people failed when breaking through from the Dou Qi stage was mainly because they lacked sufficient understanding of Dou Qi's patterns. They could not grasp the ideal form or the best moment for condensing the vortex.

But what did such a problem amount to for the current Xiao Yan?

With his tens of thousands of years of experience, how could he possibly fail to grasp such a minor breakthrough? Thus, the so-called Qi Gathering Pill was now practically useless to Xiao Yan.

The Dou Qi in his body was continuously catalyzed into Bone Chilling Flame, which then refined the energy from the Lesser Earth Spirit Pill into fresh Dou Qi.

With this unceasing cycle, the Dou Qi within Xiao Yan's body quickly returned to its peak state and continued to gather without end.

Finally, when the gathered Dou Qi reached its absolute peak, Xiao Yan's mind stirred. His powerful Soul Power instantly controlled all the Dou Qi and condensed it within his dantian.

"Bang!"

As the Dou Qi was compressed to the size of a fist and neared its limit, a muffled boom rang out. A palm-sized vortex appeared, quietly spinning within Xiao Yan's body.

"Dou Zhe, achieved!"

Almost the instant Xiao Yan became a Dou Zhe, both his body and soul were immediately strengthened to some extent. In particular, Xiao Yan's Soul Power had always been extremely powerful.

The reason he could currently only display Soul Power at the level of a Second Grade Alchemist was simply because his body could not withstand overly immense Soul Power.

The moment he broke through to become a Dou Zhe, his Soul Power naturally recovered to a level comparable to that of a Third Grade Alchemist.

A Third Grade Alchemist was already barely considered an important figure within the Jia Ma Empire.

Naturally, Xiao Yan had no interest whatsoever in such status within the Jia Ma Empire. What truly excited him was that only after Soul Power reached this level could he unlock two critically important abilities.

They were the ability to use the soul to influence matter, and the ability to use the soul to transmit information.

In other words, a Third Grade Alchemist had already gained the rudimentary ability to fight with Soul Power and to use Soul Power to impart Cultivation Method information.

Of course, most Third Grade Alchemists could only crudely affect matter with their Soul Power. The attack power they could truly unleash was likely not even as great as that of a Dou Zhe.

But Xiao Yan possessed numerous methods of soul attacks, so the level of power he could display was naturally terrifying.

Still, what delighted him the most was being able to use Soul Power to transmit information.

This meant that he could pass many techniques from his Previous life memories to Yao Lao through soul transmission.

Once Yao Lao learned these methods, his strength would naturally soar at rocket-like speed.

Setting these thoughts aside for the moment, Xiao Yan continued driving the Bone Chilling Flame to tirelessly refine the residual medicinal power of the Lesser Earth Spirit Pill within his body.

This Lesser Earth Spirit Pill had no specific grade. It had merely been deduced by Xiao Yan from the formula for the Earth Spirit Pill, but the energy contained within it should not be inferior to that of a Fourth Grade or even Fifth Grade pill.

Some of the remaining energy within it was enough to spare him a period of arduous cultivation.

After strand after strand of pure energy was refined by the Bone Chilling Flame, Xiao Yan converted it into the Dou Qi of the Flame God Mantra. Although he had only refined a wisp of Bone Chilling Flame, it had still temporarily raised his Flame God Mantra to Yellow Rank High Level.

After sitting cross-legged in the cave until nightfall, Xiao Yan finally opened his eyes again. As he exhaled a breath of turbid air mixed with several threads of Senbai Flame, he slowly rose to his feet.

Abundant Dou Qi coursed rapidly through his body, while his eyes gleamed sharply.

"Three Star Dou Zhe. At this rate, in a few more months, I should be able to challenge the Dou Master realm. By then, I can help Father and my two brothers awaken the Dou Di Bloodline."

A faint smile rested on Xiao Yan's lips. This breakthrough had brought an enormous increase to his strength.

He had refined the Bone Chilling Flame into an Emperor Flame Seed, and his Dou Qi had directly reached the level of a Three Star Dou Zhe.

At the same time, his body had become even more formidable. Now that he had become a Dou Zhe, he could use the many body-tempering methods in his memories to forge an even stronger physique.

Of course, the greatest benefit was that his Soul Power had recovered considerably. Not only had he gained the ability to transmit information through the soul, but many of his memories had also returned.

Basically, he had now completely recalled all the Cultivation Methods and Dou Skills he had collected before ascending to the Great Thousand World.

"Unfortunately, my memories concerning the Great Thousand World and what came after Becoming Emperor are still somewhat blurry. Especially the memories after becoming a Dominator—I can barely remember what major events occurred, while the specific details are completely unclear."

Xiao Yan sighed. His gaze shifted toward Yao Lao beside him, yet a smile rose on his lips.

"Never mind. Although I have only remembered these things, they should be enough for Teacher for now."

"Teacher, I will first pass on three secret arts to you. They should be enough to last until you become a Dou Di."

Hearing Xiao Yan call out to him, Yao Lao was first slightly stunned. Then, a hint of bewilderment appeared on his aged face.

Enough until Becoming Emperor? This little fellow had quite the nerve.

Could it be that, as he had boasted, even Dou Di experts were nothing special?

With such thoughts in mind and a trace of curiosity on his aged face, Yao Lao lightly floated over to Xiao Yan.

Seeing Yao Lao arrive, Xiao Yan no longer hesitated. He closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, recalling three secret arts capable of stirring up bloody storms across the Dou Qi Continent. Then, with his Soul Power gathering, he gently pressed a finger to Yao Lao's forehead.

As the immense torrent of information flowed from his soul, Xiao Yan's face instantly turned pale.

The three secret arts he imparted had all been created by Dou Emperor experts, or perhaps even stronger beings. The amount of information involved was enormous; for an ordinary Third Grade Alchemist, even transmitting a single section of any one of these secret arts would have been incomparably difficult.

Only because his control over Soul Power was so exquisite could he accomplish such a feat.

Even so, the expenditure still made Xiao Yan's mind swim with dizziness.

After the three streams of information entered Yao Lao's mind, Yao Lao too fell into brief contemplation.

After a long while, his aged eyes suddenly flew open, bursting with an unprecedented look of excitement.